Support for assisting in inverting articles



Aug. 3, 1965 T. SANCHEZ SUPPORT FOR ASSISTING IN INVERTING ARTICLESFiled May 21, 1963 INVENTOR LUIS 7: SANCHEZ B Attorney United StatesPatent 0 "ice 3,197,826 SUPPORT FOR ASSESTING IN INVERTING ARTICLES LuisT. Sanchez, Bay Village, Ohio, assignor to United States SteelCorporation, a corporation of New Jersey Filed May 21, 1963, Ser. No.282,052 1 Claim. (Cl. 22-95) This invention relates to a support forassisting in inverting a tall massive article, such as an ingot mold.

An object of the invention is to provide a support adapted to receiveand tilt an article delivered by an overhead crane, enabling the craneto pick up the article from the opposite end in inverted position.

A further object is to provide a support of the foregoing type which isof simple construction, free of moving parts, and readily formed of tWosimilar castings.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a side elevational view of the support showing an ingot moldin three different positions thereon; and

FIGURE 2 is a vertical section on line II1I of FIG- URE 1.

The support of my invention includes a body formed of two similar metalcastings 10 and 190, each of trapezoidal shape when viewed in sideelevation. The castings have outwardly projecting lugs 12 at theirnarrow ends, which lugs are bolted together to join the two castings ina unitary structure. The outside edges of the castings have upstandingflanges 13 which define a shallow trough 14 on the upper face of thebody. The trough slopes downwardly from both ends of the body toward themiddle at angles of about 30 from the horizontal, although the exactangle of slope is not critical.

In operation, an overhead crane (not shown) carries a tall massivearticle 15, such as a big-end-up ingot mold, to a position A in whichone of the lower edges of the article engages trough 14 adjacent one ofits upper ends.

, The article is suspended from chains 16 which are looped aroundlifting lugs 17 near the top of the article. The crane lowers thearticle which slides down trough 14 to position B. In this position thearticle is tilted on its side with its lower edge at the low point ofthe trough. Flanges 13 guide the article laterally as it moves along thetrough. Chains 16 are disengaged from lugs 17 and engaged with lugs 18near the bottom. The crane next lifts the article while its former upperedge slides down trough 14 to the low point and up the trough on theother side to position C. Thereafter the crane can carry away thearticle inverted from its original position.

3,197,826 Patented Aug. 3, 1965 In the example of a big-end-up ingotmold, it is diflicult to cool and clean the mold and apply a coatingwith the mold in its normal position. Hence there is a need to invertthe mold after each use. The support of the present invention enablesthe mold to be inverted with out scooping dirt into the mold or breakinga concrete structure, as when the mold is inverted on the ground or on aconcrete pad.

While I have shown and described only a single embodiment of myinvention, it is apparent that modifications may arise. Therefore, I donot wish to be limited to the disclosure set forth but only by the scopeof the appended claim.

I claim:

In combination, a big-end-up ingot mold having a first pair of lugsprojecting from opposite sides near the big end and a second pair oflugs projecting from oppo site sides near the other end, chainsengageable with said first lugs for supporting said mold in uprightposition and with said second lugs for supporting said mold in invertedposition, and a support for assisting in turn ing said mold from oneposition to the other, said support comprising a cast metal body, and apair of opposed upwardly extending flanges along opposite edges of saidbody defining a shallow trough on the upper surface of the body, saidtrough sloping downwardly from both ends toward the middle where thetrough has a low point, said trough receiving said mold when said chainssupport the mold in either position with the lower edge of the moldengaging the trough near one of the upper ends of the trough, saidtrough guiding the mold as said chains lower it into a tilted positionin which the lower edge of the mold is at said low point where saidchains can engage the lugs near the other end, said trough also guidingthe mold as said chains apply a lifting force to the latter lugs.

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HUGO O. SCHULZ, Primary Examiner.

